Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America’s best-selling poets, reads his poem “The Best Cigarette” with animation by David Vaio of FAD.
Noted for their intelligent humor, accessibility and observations on daily life, Collins’ popular poems come alive further in a series of animated poems produced by JWT-NY.
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The Poem – There are many that I miss having sent my last one out a car window sparking along the road one night, years ago. The heralded one, of course: after sex, the two glowing tips now the lights of a single ship; at the end of a long dinner with more wine to come and a smoke ring coasting into the chandelier; or on a white beach, holding one with fingers still wet from a swim. How bittersweet these punctuations of flame and gesture; but the best were on those mornings when I would have a little something going in the typewriter, the sun bright in the windows, maybe some Berlioz on in the background. I would go into the kitchen for coffee and on the way back to the page, curled in its roller, I would light one up and feel its dry rush mix with the dark taste of coffee. Then I would be my own locomotive, trailing behind me as I returned to work little puffs of smoke, indicators of progress, signs of industry and thought, the signal that told the nineteenth century it was moving forward. That was the best cigarette, when I would steam into the study full of vaporous hope and stand there, the big headlamp of my face pointed down at all the words in parallel lines.
Duration : 0:1:42
i was waiting for …
i was waiting for something like , when i Would wake up, smell the fresh air, look outside shiny morning lights would hit my eyes, and I would inhale the cigarate smoke and die of cancer!
it’s sounds like …
it’s sounds like Kevin Spacy a bit.
that voice sounds …
that voice sounds like computer`s voice….
type writer …
type writer locomotive
if you genuinely …
if you genuinely want to stop smoking i fully recommend visiting trendycig . co . uk and use the HALF PRICE code – HPT92009. worked wonders for me!
god. I love this …
god. I love this man. Hes writing is…so inspiring
this makes me wanna …
this makes me wanna smoke a cigarette
This doesn’t even …
This doesn’t even rhyme!
just dont smoke to …
just dont smoke to much
In fact he implies …
In fact he implies that he stopped smoking in the line: “Having sent my last one out a car window (…) years ago”.
did he get a big …
did he get a big commision from phillip morris??
the best cigarette …
the best cigarette is after a big meal…the kind of meal that you can’t move your after, so you just sit on the couch and light up one…
if you smoke and …
if you smoke and dont have any,stop smoking then!
That, Is by far the …
That, Is by far the greatest way to put anything! I’ve ever heard!!!
If you live, the …
If you live, the probability of dying is 100%. Some people smoke, others like racing cars, climbing mountains, skiing, scuba diving and all manner of risk taking. All can result in injury or premature death but if they get some satisfaction out of it so be it. It’s not the years you put into your life, but the life you put into your years.
he quit…
he quit…
I have one but I …
I have one but I don’t want to want it
I want one BUT I …
I want one BUT I DONTHAVE ANY:(
this makes me wanna …
this makes me wanna smoke a carton
Nice
Nice
Never knew cigs …
Never knew cigs could be so lovely!
i wish cigs gave …
i wish cigs gave these kind of visuals.
An ODE to the …
An ODE to the cigarette
smokingly narrated
exactly
exactly
Right, time for a …
Right, time for a cig!